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Sitting week beginning Monday, 23 November 2009 — 8th House sitting week of the 43rd Parliament’s 2009 spring sittings (18th sitting week for 2009). This page summarises the work expected to be done in the House of Representatives and its Main Committee. It is updated weekly during sittings. For a full report of the business dealt with, including a list of documents presented, go to the Votes and Proceedings (available as PDF or HTML from Parlinfo). To read the debates including question time go to Hansard. For details about the proposed program of business for each sitting of the House and Main Committee and that sitting's public hearings of House and joint committees go to the House Daily Program (available in PDF (approx 92 kb) or Word format from Parlinfo) The House Daily Program is usually available at least one hour before the House is scheduled to meet. This week the House is expected to sit Monday to Thursday, in a pattern similar to that described in the Infosheet 'A typical sitting day'. The Main Committee is also expected to meet on Monday (from 4pm to 9.30pm), Tuesday (from 4pm to 8.30pm), Wednesday (from 9.30am to 1pm) and on Thursday (from 9.30am to approximately 1pm). For details about the current hours see the Houses daily routine of business diagrams for the House of Representatives Chamber (PDF 206 kb) and Main Committee (PDF 225 kb). Real time tracking of business done by the House Chamber and the House Main CommitteeYou can track each item of business as it is being done in the House Chamber and the House Main Committee by using the “LiveMinutes” service at www.aph.gov.au/house/liveminutes. You can see proceedings of the House Chamber and the House Main Committee via the webcasts at the Australian Parliament's livebroadcasting site. Replays of the House of Representatives Question Time are available from the About the House News site. LegislationOn Monday, at approximately 6.55pm in the Main Committee, Mr Ciobo, (Lib, Moncrieff, Qld) is expected to make a statement on the Tax Laws Amendment (Improving the Producer Offset) Bill 2009. The text of this bill will be available on the Bills Page after the house sits on Monday. Mr Abbott, (Lib, Warringah, NSW) is expected to move the second reading on the Assisting the Victims of International Terrorism Bill 2009 and debate will ensure. The text of this bill is available on Billsnet. Government bills are expected to be introduced into the House this week. These bills will be listed on the House Daily Program and the text of each bill will be available via the Bills Page after they are introduced. Details of bills to be introduced are not available prior to their introduction. In the House during the week it is planned to resume debate on the following Government bills already introduced (note – these plans may change as the week unfolds, especially if some of the bills listed below are referred to the Main Committee by the House. Bills received from the Senate are in italics): Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
In the Main Committee it is planned to resume debate on the following Government business matters: Monday (from 4pm to 9.30pm)
Tuesday (from 4pm to 8.30pm)
Wednesday (from 9.30am to 1pm)
Thursday (from 9.30am to approximately 1pm)
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Committee and delegation reports and private Members’ motionsOn Monday commencing at 8.40pm the following committee reports will be presented in the Chamber:
These reports also may be debated later in the week in the Main Committee. Details will appear on the Daily Program. In the Main Committee it is also planned to resume debate on the following committee reports (presented last week) on the following days: Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
At approximately 7pm in the Main Committee on Monday, debate will ensue on private Members’ motions in the following sequence and about the following subjects (for details of these motions go to the Monday Notice Paper of the House):
Auditor-General’s reports2009-10 reports of the Auditor-General are expected to be presented by the Speaker after question time as follows: Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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